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1981-82 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 63-19, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Bill Fitch (63-19)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 112.0 (4th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 105.6 (8th of 23)

SRS: 6.35 (1st of 23) Pace: 101.5 (8th of 23)

Off Rtg: 109.8 (4th of 23) Def Rtg: 103.5 (6th of 23) Net Rtg: +6.3 (1st of 23)

Expected W-L: 57-25 (1st of 23)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 612,711 (2nd of 23)

NBA 1982 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Washington Bullets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (3-4) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)

Atlantic Div Champs

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Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
44	Danny Ainge	SG	6-5	185	March 17, 1959	us US	R	BYU
7	Tiny Archibald	PG	6-1	150	September 2, 1948	us US	10	Texas-El Paso
33	Larry Bird	PF	6-9	220	December 7, 1956	us US	2	Indiana State University
35	Charles Bradley	SG	6-5	215	May 16, 1959	us US	R	Wyoming
30	M.L. Carr	SF	6-6	205	January 9, 1951	us US	6	Guilford College
40	Terry Duerod	SG	6-2	180	July 29, 1956	us US	2	Detroit Mercy
45	Eric Fernsten	C	6-10	205	November 1, 1953	us US	4	San Francisco
42	Chris Ford	SG	6-5	190	January 11, 1949	us US	9	Villanova
43	Gerald Henderson	PG	6-2	175	January 16, 1956	us US	2	VCU
11	Tracy Jackson	SG	6-6	205	April 21, 1959	us US	R	Notre Dame
31	Cedric Maxwell	SF	6-8	205	November 21, 1955	us US	4	UNC Charlotte
32	Kevin McHale	PF	6-10	210	December 19, 1957	us US	1	Minnesota
00	Robert Parish	C	7-1	230	August 30, 1953	us US	5	Centenary (LA)
53	Rick Robey	C	6-11	230	January 30, 1956	us US	3	Kentucky

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Larry Bird	25	PF	77	58	38.0	9.2	18.4	.503	0.1	0.7	.212	9.1	17.7	.514	.507	4.3	4.9	.863	2.6	8.3	10.9	5.8	1.9	0.9	3.3	3.2	22.9	MVP-2,AS,NBA1
2	Cedric Maxwell	26	SF	78	73	33.2	5.1	9.3	.548	0.0	0.0	.000	5.1	9.2	.551	.548	4.6	6.1	.747	2.8	3.6	6.4	2.3	1.0	0.6	2.2	3.4	14.8
3	Tiny Archibald	33	PG	68	51	31.9	4.5	9.6	.472	0.1	0.2	.375	4.4	9.4	.475	.477	3.5	4.6	.747	0.4	1.3	1.7	8.0	0.8	0.0	2.6	1.9	12.6	AS
4	Robert Parish	28	C	80	78	31.7	8.4	15.4	.542	0.0	0.0		8.4	15.4	.542	.542	3.2	4.4	.710	3.6	7.2	10.8	1.8	0.9	2.4	2.8	3.3	19.9	MVP-4,AS,NBA2
5	Kevin McHale	24	PF	82	33	28.4	5.7	10.7	.531	0.0	0.0		5.7	10.7	.531	.531	2.3	3.0	.754	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.1	0.4	2.3	1.7	3.2	13.6
6	M.L. Carr	31	SF	56	27	23.1	3.3	7.3	.450	0.1	0.3	.294	3.2	7.0	.457	.456	1.5	2.1	.707	1.0	1.7	2.7	2.3	1.2	0.4	1.1	2.4	8.1
7	Gerald Henderson	26	PG	82	31	22.5	4.3	8.6	.501	0.0	0.1	.167	4.3	8.5	.506	.502	1.5	2.1	.727	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.1	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.4	10.2
8	Chris Ford	33	SG	76	53	20.9	2.5	5.9	.418	0.3	0.8	.317	2.2	5.1	.434	.440	0.5	0.7	.696	0.7	0.7	1.4	1.9	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.9	5.7
9	Rick Robey	26	C	80	4	14.8	2.3	4.7	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	4.7	.496	.493	1.1	2.0	.535	1.4	2.3	3.7	0.9	0.3	0.2	1.2	2.3	5.7
10	Danny Ainge	22	SG	53	1	10.6	1.5	4.2	.357	0.1	0.3	.294	1.4	3.8	.363	.369	1.1	1.2	.862	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.6	4.1
11	Terry Duerod	25	SG	21	0	7.0	1.6	3.7	.442	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	3.6	.447	.442	0.2	0.6	.333	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	3.4
12	Charles Bradley	22	SG	51	1	6.6	1.1	2.4	.451	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.4	.455	.451	0.8	1.2	.677	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.2	3.0
13	Tracy Jackson	22	SG	11	0	6.0	0.9	2.4	.385	0.0	0.0		0.9	2.4	.385	.385	0.5	0.9	.600	0.6	0.5	1.1	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.4
14	Eric Fernsten	28	C	43	0	4.7	0.4	1.1	.388	0.0	0.0		0.4	1.1	.388	.388	0.4	0.7	.633	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.3
	Team Totals					48.2	44.6	89.4	.499	0.6	2.2	.266	44.0	87.2	.505	.502	22.2	30.0	.740	15.3	30.4	45.6	25.9	8.0	6.9	17.7	24.6	112.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Larry Bird	25	PF	12	40.8	7.3	17.2	.427	0.1	0.5	.167	7.3	16.7	.435	.430	3.1	3.8	.822	2.8	9.8	12.5	5.6	1.9	1.4	3.2	3.6	17.8
2	Robert Parish	28	C	12	35.5	8.5	17.4	.488	0.0	0.0		8.5	17.4	.488	.488	4.3	6.3	.680	3.6	7.7	11.3	1.5	0.4	4.0	3.3	3.9	21.3
3	Tiny Archibald	33	PG	8	34.6	3.8	8.8	.429	0.0	0.5	.000	3.8	8.3	.455	.429	3.1	3.5	.893	0.1	2.0	2.1	6.5	0.6	0.3	2.9	2.6	10.6
4	Cedric Maxwell	26	SF	12	32.1	5.2	10.0	.517	0.0	0.0		5.2	10.0	.517	.517	4.2	5.8	.714	3.1	4.2	7.3	2.2	1.5	0.9	2.0	3.3	14.5
5	Kevin McHale	24	PF	12	28.7	6.4	11.2	.575	0.0	0.0		6.4	11.2	.575	.575	3.3	4.4	.755	3.4	3.7	7.1	0.9	0.4	2.3	1.3	3.7	16.2
6	Gerald Henderson	26	PG	12	25.8	3.2	7.8	.409	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	7.6	.418	.409	2.0	2.9	.686	1.0	1.1	2.1	4.0	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.5	8.3
7	M.L. Carr	31	SF	12	25.4	3.1	8.8	.352	0.0	0.3	.000	3.1	8.4	.366	.352	1.3	1.9	.652	1.8	1.8	3.6	2.3	0.9	0.0	1.8	2.5	7.4
8	Danny Ainge	22	SG	10	12.9	1.9	4.5	.422	0.2	0.4	.500	1.7	4.1	.415	.444	1.0	1.3	.769	0.6	0.7	1.3	1.1	0.2	0.1	1.1	2.1	5.0
9	Chris Ford	33	SG	12	11.5	1.7	3.5	.476	0.2	0.6	.286	1.5	2.9	.514	.500	0.4	0.6	.714	0.5	0.8	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.3	3.9
10	Rick Robey	26	C	12	10.2	1.8	3.3	.525	0.0	0.0		1.8	3.3	.525	.525	1.1	1.4	.765	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.9	2.3	4.6
11	Charles Bradley	22	SG	7	2.6	0.3	1.1	.250	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.1	.250	.250	0.0	0.3	.000	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.9	0.6
12	Eric Fernsten	28	C	5	2.2	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.4	.500	.500	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6
	Team Totals				49.3	41.4	89.5	.463	0.4	2.3	.185	41.0	87.3	.470	.465	22.6	30.8	.732	18.0	32.5	50.5	23.4	7.4	9.5	18.1	27.0	105.8

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	25	77	58	2923	711	1414	.503	11	52	.212	700	1362	.514	.507	328	380	.863	200	637	837	447	143	66	254	244	1761
2	Cedric Maxwell	26	78	73	2590	397	724	.548	0	3	.000	397	721	.551	.548	357	478	.747	218	281	499	183	79	49	174	263	1151
3	Robert Parish	28	80	78	2534	669	1235	.542	0	0		669	1235	.542	.542	252	355	.710	288	578	866	140	68	192	221	267	1590
4	Kevin McHale	24	82	33	2332	465	875	.531	0	0		465	875	.531	.531	187	248	.754	191	365	556	91	30	185	137	264	1117
5	Tiny Archibald	33	68	51	2167	308	652	.472	6	16	.375	302	636	.475	.477	236	316	.747	25	91	116	541	52	3	178	131	858
6	Gerald Henderson	26	82	31	1844	353	705	.501	2	12	.167	351	693	.506	.502	125	172	.727	47	105	152	252	82	11	150	199	833
7	Chris Ford	33	76	53	1591	188	450	.418	20	63	.317	168	387	.434	.440	39	56	.696	52	56	108	142	42	10	52	143	435
8	M.L. Carr	31	56	27	1296	184	409	.450	5	17	.294	179	392	.457	.456	82	116	.707	56	94	150	128	67	21	63	136	455
9	Rick Robey	26	80	4	1186	185	375	.493	0	2	.000	185	373	.496	.493	84	157	.535	114	181	295	68	27	14	92	183	454
10	Danny Ainge	22	53	1	564	79	221	.357	5	17	.294	74	204	.363	.369	56	65	.862	25	31	56	87	37	3	53	86	219
11	Charles Bradley	22	51	1	339	55	122	.451	0	1	.000	55	121	.455	.451	42	62	.677	12	26	38	22	14	6	37	61	152
12	Eric Fernsten	28	43	0	202	19	49	.388	0	0		19	49	.388	.388	19	30	.633	12	30	42	8	5	7	13	23	57
13	Terry Duerod	25	21	0	146	34	77	.442	0	1	.000	34	76	.447	.442	4	12	.333	6	9	15	12	3	1	2	9	72
14	Tracy Jackson	22	11	0	66	10	26	.385	0	0		10	26	.385	.385	6	10	.600	7	5	12	5	3	0	6	5	26
			82		19780	3657	7334	.499	49	184	.266	3608	7150	.505	.502	1817	2457	.740	1253	2489	3742	2126	652	568	1452	2014	9180

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	25	12		490	88	206	.427	1	6	.167	87	200	.435	.430	37	45	.822	33	117	150	67	23	17	38	43	214
2	Robert Parish	28	12		426	102	209	.488	0	0		102	209	.488	.488	51	75	.680	43	92	135	18	5	48	39	47	255
3	Cedric Maxwell	26	12		385	62	120	.517	0	0		62	120	.517	.517	50	70	.714	37	50	87	26	18	11	24	40	174
4	Kevin McHale	24	12		344	77	134	.575	0	0		77	134	.575	.575	40	53	.755	41	44	85	11	5	27	16	44	194
5	Gerald Henderson	26	12		310	38	93	.409	0	2	.000	38	91	.418	.409	24	35	.686	12	13	25	48	14	2	25	30	100
6	M.L. Carr	31	12		305	37	105	.352	0	4	.000	37	101	.366	.352	15	23	.652	21	22	43	28	11	0	21	30	89
7	Tiny Archibald	33	8		277	30	70	.429	0	4	.000	30	66	.455	.429	25	28	.893	1	16	17	52	5	2	23	21	85
8	Chris Ford	33	12		138	20	42	.476	2	7	.286	18	35	.514	.500	5	7	.714	6	9	15	15	3	1	3	15	47
9	Danny Ainge	22	10		129	19	45	.422	2	4	.500	17	41	.415	.444	10	13	.769	6	7	13	11	2	1	11	21	50
10	Rick Robey	26	12		122	21	40	.525	0	0		21	40	.525	.525	13	17	.765	13	16	29	4	2	3	11	27	55
11	Charles Bradley	22	7		18	2	8	.250	0	0		2	8	.250	.250	0	2	.000	1	4	5	1	1	0	4	6	4
12	Eric Fernsten	28	5		11	1	2	.500	0	0		1	2	.500	.500	1	2	.500	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Larry Bird	25	77	2923	22.6	.557	.037	.269	7.7	23.4	15.8	22.5	2.3	1.2	13.8	25.2		6.8	5.7	12.5	.205		4.4	2.3	6.6	6.4
2	Cedric Maxwell	26	78	2590	16.0	.616	.004	.660	9.5	11.7	10.6	9.2	1.4	1.0	15.7	17.2		5.8	3.3	9.1	.169		1.6	0.6	2.2	2.7
3	Robert Parish	28	80	2534	22.6	.571	.000	.287	12.8	24.5	18.8	8.4	1.3	4.1	13.7	25.5		5.0	5.1	10.0	.190		2.6	1.2	3.8	3.7
4	Kevin McHale	24	82	2332	16.9	.568	.000	.283	9.3	16.8	13.1	5.4	0.6	4.3	12.2	19.3		3.9	3.7	7.5	.155		0.4	1.1	1.5	2.0
5	Tiny Archibald	33	68	2167	14.3	.542	.025	.485	1.3	4.5	2.9	31.9	1.1	0.1	18.4	17.9		3.4	1.8	5.2	.115		1.4	-1.3	0.1	1.1
6	Gerald Henderson	26	82	1844	13.2	.534	.017	.244	2.9	6.1	4.5	18.6	2.1	0.3	16.1	20.2		1.4	2.2	3.6	.094		-1.1	0.5	-0.6	0.6
7	Chris Ford	33	76	1591	7.8	.458	.140	.124	3.7	3.8	3.7	11.1	1.2	0.3	9.9	13.3		0.7	1.4	2.1	.063		-2.2	0.2	-2.0	0.0
8	M.L. Carr	31	56	1296	11.9	.495	.042	.284	4.9	7.8	6.4	12.6	2.4	0.9	12.0	16.2		1.0	1.8	2.8	.103		-1.2	1.8	0.5	0.8
9	Rick Robey	26	80	1186	11.0	.511	.005	.419	10.9	16.4	13.7	7.5	1.1	0.6	17.2	18.1		0.3	1.6	1.9	.076		-2.5	-0.3	-2.7	-0.2
10	Danny Ainge	22	53	564	10.1	.439	.077	.294	5.0	5.9	5.5	19.7	3.1	0.3	17.5	21.5		-0.3	0.8	0.5	.042		-3.7	1.0	-2.7	-0.1
11	Charles Bradley	22	51	339	8.9	.509	.008	.508	4.0	8.2	6.2	8.5	2.0	1.0	19.9	22.0		-0.2	0.4	0.2	.030		-4.7	0.2	-4.5	-0.2
12	Eric Fernsten	28	43	202	8.1	.458	.000	.612	6.7	16.0	11.5	4.8	1.2	1.9	17.3	14.9		-0.1	0.3	0.2	.047		-3.6	0.4	-3.2	0.0
13	Terry Duerod	25	21	146	12.5	.438	.013	.156	4.6	6.6	5.7	11.9	1.0	0.4	2.4	23.1		0.1	0.1	0.2	.071		-2.2	-0.7	-2.9	0.0
14	Tracy Jackson	22	11	66	9.8	.428	.000	.385	12.0	8.1	10.0	9.8	2.2	0.0	16.5	22.1		-0.1	0.1	0.0	.012		-3.5	-0.3	-3.8	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Larry Bird	25	12	490	17.9	.474	.029	.218	7.2	24.5	16.1	20.7	2.3	2.0	14.4	21.9		0.3	1.2	1.6	.154		3.6	1.8	5.4	0.9
2	Robert Parish	28	12	426	20.7	.527	.000	.359	10.8	22.1	16.6	7.0	0.6	6.4	13.9	26.8		0.5	1.0	1.5	.168		3.2	0.8	4.0	0.6
3	Cedric Maxwell	26	12	385	18.0	.577	.000	.583	10.3	13.3	11.9	9.9	2.3	1.6	13.7	18.5		0.8	0.8	1.6	.200		4.5	0.9	5.4	0.7
4	Kevin McHale	24	12	344	22.0	.617	.000	.396	12.8	13.1	13.0	5.2	0.7	4.5	9.2	20.5		1.2	0.6	1.8	.257		5.8	0.2	6.1	0.7
5	Gerald Henderson	26	12	310	10.3	.461	.022	.376	4.2	4.3	4.2	21.6	2.2	0.4	18.7	17.5		0.0	0.4	0.4	.067		0.2	-0.4	-0.2	0.1
6	M.L. Carr	31	12	305	7.2	.387	.038	.219	7.4	7.4	7.4	12.8	1.8	0.0	15.4	18.1		-0.3	0.4	0.1	.019		-1.8	-1.2	-3.0	-0.1
7	Tiny Archibald	33	8	277	10.3	.516	.057	.400	0.4	5.9	3.2	25.6	0.9	0.4	21.8	15.5		0.1	0.3	0.5	.082		0.5	-1.7	-1.3	0.1
8	Chris Ford	33	12	138	12.5	.521	.167	.167	4.7	6.7	5.7	15.6	1.1	0.4	6.2	14.2		0.3	0.2	0.5	.157		2.1	-0.1	2.0	0.1
9	Danny Ainge	22	10	129	8.2	.493	.089	.289	5.0	5.6	5.3	12.3	0.8	0.4	17.8	19.4		0.0	0.2	0.2	.057		-1.8	-1.8	-3.6	-0.1
10	Rick Robey	26	12	122	12.8	.579	.000	.425	11.5	13.4	12.5	4.9	0.8	1.4	18.8	19.5		0.1	0.2	0.3	.133		-0.5	-0.9	-1.4	0.0
11	Charles Bradley	22	7	18	-9.1	.225	.000	.250	6.0	22.8	14.6	7.6	2.7	0.0	31.1	29.1		-0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.350		-17.9	-3.1	-21.0	-0.1
12	Eric Fernsten	28	5	11	14.7	.521	.000	1.000	19.5	0.0	9.5	0.0	0.0	5.2	0.0	10.6		0.0	0.0	0.0	.169		6.4	-1.9	4.6	0.0

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